Among the Ask a Divorce Lawyer questions answered today by Cordell & Cordell attorneys:

• My fiancee is still legally married. Can she even get a divorce while she is pregnant with my child? If she can't and she has the child while she is still legally married, would the child be considered mine?
• Regarding child support calculations, are there any ways around submitting tax returns for a closely held business?

By Jennifer M. Paine

Attorney, Cordell & Cordell, P.C., Detroit office

Note: This is Part 2 of a two-part overview of overseas travel post-divorce. Click here to read Part 1.

Time to Use the Veto?

Has your ex threatened to take your children out of the country without your approval? Maybe to a secret destination? Do you think she has or will apply for passports? Does she already have them?

It may be time for you to exercise your veto with one or more of these options.

Among the Ask a Divorce Lawyer questions answered today by Cordell & Cordell attorneys:

• Do I still have to appear in court if I want to cancel a modification request?
• My ex is scheduled to deploy and offered me a family care plan giving part of her parenting time to a "designated person" while she is away. Can she do that?
• Do I have to pay for part of the her daycare expenses?

By Jennifer M. Paine

Attorney, Cordell & Cordell, P.C., Detroit office

Note: This is Part 1 of a two-part overview of overseas travel post-divorce. Click here to read Part 2.

Thinking about a trip with your children overseas for spring or summer break? Maybe a long weekend for a sightseeing safari, or volunteering in Haiti, or cruising in the Mediterranean this summer? Think again. If your children are 16 or younger and need passports, your ex could thwart your travel plans and send you back to court fighting first.

It’s a power woefully addressed in divorce decrees, if not wholly forgotten: the Two Parent Consent Law, i.e., the one parent veto power. Here is everything you need to know and how to avoid your ex’s veto.

Matt Allen, editor of DadsDivorce.com, visits with internationally syndicated columnist Bruce Sallan.

In his column "A Dad's Point of View," Sallan writes about parenting, raising boys, dating as a single parent, Internet dating advice, marriage advice, blending families, dealing with step-parenting, all the ups and downs of separation and divorce, as well as the general parenting perspective from a man’s point-of-view.